1947 Queensland state election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png)
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All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly 32 seats are needed for a majority |
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Registered | 697,405 6.3% |
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Turnout | 632,909 (90.75%) ( 12.58pp) |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Leader | Ned Hanlon | Frank Nicklin | Party | Labor | Country | Leader since | 7 March 1946 | 21 May 1941 | Leader's seat | Ithaca | Murrumba | Last election | 38 seats, 46.23% | 12 seats, 17.28% | Seats before | 39 seats[a] | 11 seats[a] | Seats won | 35 | 14 | Seat change | 4 | 3 | Popular vote | 272,203 | 129,158 | Percentage | 43.00% | 20.40% | Swing | 3.23 | 3.12 | | | Third party | Fourth party | | | | Leader | Bruce Pie | Jack Henry | Party | People's Party | Communist | Leader since | 8 March 1946 | March 1937 | Leader's seat | Windsor | | Last election | 7 seats, 24.29% | 1 seat, 2.43% | Seats before | 7 seats | 1 seat | Seats won | 9 | 1 | Seat change | 2 | | Popular vote | 160,623 | 7,870 | Percentage | 25.38% | 1.24 | Swing | 1.09 | 1.19 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg/250px-Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg.png) Legislative Assembly after the election |
Premier before election Frank Arthur Cooper Labor | Elected Premier Ned Hanlon Labor | |
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 May 1947 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
The election was the first that the Labor government had contested under Premier Ned Hanlon, who had been in office for 14 months by the time of the poll.
The election resulted in Labor receiving a sixth term in office. It was the first Queensland election at which all seats were contested by at least two candidates.
Key dates
Date | Event |
21 March 1947 | The Parliament was dissolved.[2] |
24 March 1947 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[3] |
31 March 1947 | Close of nominations. |
3 May 1947 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
15 May 1947 | The Hanlon Ministry was re-sworn in.[4] |
24 May 1947 | Polling day in the seat of Gregory.[5] |
30 May 1947 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
2 June 1947 | Polling day in the seat of Cook.[5] |
5 August 1947 | Parliament resumed for business.[6] |
Results
Legislative Assembly (IRV) – Turnout: 90.75%[7] |
Party | Primary vote | Seats |
Votes | % | Swing (pp) | Seats | Change |
| Labor | 272,203 | 43.00 | –3.23 | 35 | 4 |
| Country | 129,158[b] | 20.40 | +3.12 | 14 | 3 |
| People's Party | 160,623 | 25.38 | +1.09 | 9 | 2 |
| Frank Barnes Labor | 21,823 | 3.45 | +2.63 | 1 | 1 |
| Communist | 7,870 | 1.24 | –1.19 | 1 | |
| Independent Labor | 6,727 | 1.06 | +1.06 | 1 | 1 |
| Hermit Park Labor | 4,541 | 0.72 | –0.36 | 1 | |
| King O'Malley Labor | 3,061 | 0.48 | –0.65 | 0 | |
| Co-operative Democrat | 702[c] | 0.11 | +0.08 | 0 | |
| Independent | 17,722 | 2.80 | –1.82 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 632,909 | 100.00 | | 62 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 8,579 | 1.4 | –0.42 | — |
Turnout | 632,909 | 90.75 | +12.58 | — |
Registered voters | 697,405 | — | — |
Popular vote | | | | Labor | | 43.58% | People's Party | | 25.73% | Country | | 19.49% | Frank Barnes Labor | | 3.97% | Communist | | 1.26% | Hermit Park Labor | | 0.73% | Independents | | 5.24% | |
Seats | | | | Labor | | 56.45% | Country | | 22.58% | People's Party | | 14.52% | Frank Barnes Labor | | 1.61% | Communist | | 1.61% | Hermit Park Labor | | 1.61% | Independents | | 1.61% | |
Seats changing party representation
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1947 election.
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
- East Toowoomba was held by the Country Party at the previous election. It was won by Labor at the 1946 by-election.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Following the death of Country MP for East Toowoomba, Herbert Yeates, in 1945, a by-election was held in March of the following year. Approximately 1 year and 62 days out from the next state election, the seat was won by Labor candidate Les Wood by less than two-hundred votes.[1]
- ^ Includes Independent Country candidates for Cooroora and Nanango.
- ^ Includes a candidate running as a "Democrat".
References